REWIND: archive pictures of Wigan mill staff, both at work and heading on holiday with their families

By Charles Graham

Published 30th Jun 2023, 04:55 GMT

Wigan’s cotton mills, along with the coalmines, were once a driving force of the local economy and employed tens of thousands of people, the majority of them women.

Here we have wound the clock back several decades to show pictures from the Wigan Today archives of staff at work and also on their way to holidays, with their families, during wakes weeks.

9. Richard Foster furniture manufacturer at Eckersley Mill, also Eckersley Mill

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10. Another shot from 1968 as millworkers and their families head off on their holidays

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11. Work at 0Irvin-Diamond clothing manufacturer at the No 2 Eckersley Mill

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12. Folk young and old went on their holidays during wakes weeks

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REWIND: archive pictures of Wigan mill staff, both at work and heading on holiday with their families

Wigan’s cotton mills, along with the coalmines, were once a driving force of the local economy and employed tens of thousands of people, the majority of them women.

9. Richard Foster furniture manufacturer at Eckersley Mill, also Eckersley Mill

10. Another shot from 1968 as millworkers and their families head off on their holidays

11. Work at 0Irvin-Diamond clothing manufacturer at the No 2 Eckersley Mill

12. Folk young and old went on their holidays during wakes weeks

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